The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Well, I broke my vow never to read another series in progress by a long-winded but great story-telling writer (Robert Jordan or George R. R. Martin anyone?). My nephew told me that he started reading the first book and couldn't put it down.  I started to read it and could (and did) put the book down several times before I was hooked.  WARNING-don't start reading this series unless you have the time and patience to enjoy a leisurely told tale. A innkeeper from a backwater town rescues a chronicler from an attack of demon spiders.  The chronicler realizes that the innkeeper is the famous arcanist, Kvothe and asks permission to write his biography. 661 pages.